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‘July chill’ provides break from heat
Published July 21, 2009
It's being described as the "July chill."
Unseasonably cool temperatures brought the feel of fall to north Alabama over the weekend. During the heat of summer, daytime temperatures struggled to reach 80 degrees and remained in the 70’s in many areas. Overnight lows dipped into the 50’s as far south as the Montgomery area.
Many parts of Alabama experienced record setting or near record lows Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings after an unusual summer cold front made its way southward across the state over the weekend.
The National Weather Service office in Birmingham said at least nine cities in central Alabama had their lowest recorded temperature ever for July 20 on Monday morning. All had overnight lows in the mid to upper 50's with Pinson leading the way at 55 degrees.
Huntsville tied the record low high temperature on Sunday with an 80 degree reading at Huntsville International Airport. The old record was set in 1938. Scottsboro's high reached 77 degrees Sunday.
Overnight lows at the Scottsboro Airport automated weather station dipped to 56 degrees both Saturday and Sunday mornings, according to the NWS Huntsville Forecasting Office. A low of 52 degrees was recorded at the NWS doppler radar site in Hytop on Sunday.
The Huntsville NWS office posted lows of 52 at Valley Head and 49 at Desoto State Park, both in DeKalb County, for Sunday.
Lows this morning were expected in the upper 50's with cooler than normal temperatures forecast through the week. Highs are forecast in the mid to upper 80's through Friday with lows in the low to mid 60's. There is a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Temperatures should become more seasonal by the weekend when daytime highs are forecast to climb into the lower 90's and overnight lows are expected to hover near 70 degrees.
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